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14th Amendment Us Constitution With Clause In Fulton
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Cite the United States Constitution, 14th Amendment, Section 2. CORRECT CITATION: U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 2.
The amendment's first section includes the Citizenship Clause, Privileges or Immunities Clause, Due Process Clause, and Equal Protection Clause.
An amendment may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if two-thirds of the States request one, by a convention called for that purpose. The amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures, or three-fourths of conventions called in each State for ratification.
To cite an Amendment of the Constitution (ing to the APA Style blog): All citations of the U.S. Constitution begin with U.S. Const., followed by the article, amendment, section, and/or clause numbers as relevant.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Use the abbreviations “art.” (Article), “amend.” (Amendment), and “sec.” (Section) as appropriate in your citations; convert any roman numerals used in the text to arabic numerals (e.g. “XIV” becomes “14”).
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. See Amdt14. S1.
CORRECT CITATION: U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 2.
The 14 th Amendment to the United States Constitution granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the US, including former slaves, and guaranteed all citizens equal protection of the laws.
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The Equal Protection Clause requires each state to provide equal protection under the law to all people, including non-citizens, within its jurisdiction. The Due Process Clause provides that no states shall deprive any "person" of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law.The citizenship clause overturned the Dred Scott decision and ensured that everyone born or naturalized in the United States was a citizen. Here is a look at some of the key issues from the Trump 14th Amendment case likely to be debated at the U.S. Supreme Court.